New gtld Program Update!! 21 February 2014! Christine Willett VP, gtld Operations Global Domains Division 1
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Agenda! + Delegated Strings, Application Pipeline + Evaluation, Contracting + Objection & Dispute Resolution + GAC Advice + Contention Sets, Pre-Delegation Testing, Transition to Delegation + Qualified Launch Program (QLP) + EBERO + Name Collision, Universal Acceptance of TLDs Christine Willett Trang Nguyen Cristina Flores Christine Willett Russ Weinstein Karen Lentz Aaron Hickmann Francisco Arias 3
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Application Pipeline! As of 14 February 2014 Total Applications: 1930! Passed Evaluation: 1775! Not Approved: 4! Withdrawn: 140! In Evaluation: 11! 1 On Hold in Initial Evaluation 10 In Extended Evaluation 5
Application Pipeline! As of 14 February 2014 Total Applications: 1930! Passed Evaluation: 1775! Not Approved: 4! Withdrawn: 140! In Evaluation: 11! Invited to Contracting: 1083! 646 In Contention 52 Pending Change Requests Not Yet Eligible: 692*! 63 Have GAC Advice 2 In Re-Evaluation 48 Have Objection(s) * Application may not be eligible for Contracting for more than one reason. 6
Application Pipeline! As of 14 February 2014 Total Applications: 1930! Passed Evaluation: 1775! Not Approved: 4! Withdrawn: 140! In Evaluation: 11! Invited to Contracting: 1083! Not Yet Eligible: 692! Contracting Responses Received: 412! Awaiting CIR Response: 671*! 39 IDN 9 Geographic 22 Community 547 Other * Applications are not limited to one classification and might not fit the criteria above. 7
Application Pipeline! As of 14 February 2014 Total Applications: 1930! Passed Evaluation: 1775! Not Approved: 4! Withdrawn: 140! In Evaluation: 11! Invited to Contracting: 1084! 1083! Not Yet Not Eligible: Yet Eligible: 702! 691! Contracting Responses Received: 412! Awaiting CIR Response: 671! Contracts Signed: 283! In Process: 129! 44 Awaiting Signature from Applicant 34 Incomplete CIR Response 41 Non-Compliant COI 24 In Contracting 15 In Negotiation 21 Other 8
Application Pipeline! As of 14 February 2014 Total Applications: 1930! Passed Evaluation: 1775! Not Approved: 4! Withdrawn: 140! In Evaluation: 11! Invited to Contracting: 1084! 1083! Not Yet Not Eligible: Yet Eligible: 702! 691! Contracting Responses Received: 412! Awaiting CIR Response: 672! Contracts Signed: 283! In Process: 129! Passed PDT: 221! Processing: 62! 30 Invited to PDT 7 Scheduled 25 In Testing 9
Application Pipeline! As of 18 February 2014 Total Applications: 1930! Not Approved: 4! Withdrawn: 140! Passed Evaluation: 1775! In Evaluation: 11! Invited to Contracting: 1084! 1083! Not Yet Not Eligible: Yet Eligible: 702! 691! Contracting Responses Received: 412! Awaiting CIR Response: 672! Contracts Signed: 283! Passed PDT: 221! In Process: 129! Processing: 62! 4 Not Eligible for APD Processing: 71! 43 Pending Onboarding Delegated: 150! 10 In Transition Process 14 Delegation Tokens Issued 10
Application Change Requests! Statistics + 1,884 change request cases received - 1,718 change requests approved - 12 change requests denied - 42 change requests in process - 112 change requests cancelled + 4-6 Weeks = average processing time Re-evaluation + Required if change request could impact scoring of an application + USD 10,000 for each Technical and Financial re-evaluation; USD 2,000 for Registry Services re-evaluation + Costs will be communicated to applicant prior to start of re-evaluation 11
Contracting > CIR Form! Updated Contracting Information Request Form launched 18 February 2014 + Contracting Implications - Not yet invited to Contracting = no action required - Invited, but Form not started = link found in invitation will open new CIR Form - Form started, but not submitted = saved information will move to New Form - CIR Form submitted = saved information will remain in Old Form + What Has Changed? - Sections Removed Exhibit A Continuing Operations Instrument - New Online Forms Available Code of Conduct Exemption Request Declaration of cross-ownership - Additional Point of Contact Requested: Billing - Improved user experience 12
Contracting > RA Execution Within 9 Months! Section 5.1 of the Applicant Guidebook (AGB) - eligible applicants are expected to have executed the Registry Agreement within nine (9) months of the notification date. + Contracting Implications - CIRs sent on or before 29 January 2014: Notification date is 29 January 2014 applicants have been informed - CIRs sent after 29 January 2014: The date of the CIR serves as the notification date + Requests for Extension - Applicant must demonstrate, to ICANN s reasonable satisfaction, that it is working diligently and in good faith toward successfully completing the steps necessary for entry into the Registry Agreement. - ICANN will examine all factors unique to each applicant when determining if reasonable satisfaction has been met - Requests must be sent by the Contracting Point of Contact to newgtld@icann.org 13
Contracting > Specification 13! Public Comment Period + 6 December 2013: Proposal published for Public Comment + 31 January 2014: Public Comment Period closed - 43 Comments received; ICANN currently analyzing comments Next Steps + Summary and Analysis Report - Expected in 2-4 weeks - To be published on ICANN.org, and supplied to ICANN management and the New gtld Program Committee of ICANN s Board of Directors for consideration 14
Objection & Dispute Resolution! Resolution and Outcome Statistics + Over 91% of all objections have been resolved 11! 12! 11! 93! Resolved! In Progress! 67! 69! Limited Public! Interest! Community! String Confusion! Legal Rights! + Applicant prevailed in 85% of resolved, non-terminated cases Terminated! 47! 22! 164! 30! In Progress! Applicant Prevailed! Objector Prevailed! 0! 100! 200! 300! 15
Objection & Dispute Resolution! Public Comment Period + Proposed Review Mechanism to Address Perceived Inconsistent Expert Determinations on String Confusion Objections: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/sco-framework-principles-11feb14-en.htm + Important Dates - 11 February 2014: Comment Period opened - 11 March 2014: Comment Period closes - 12 March 2014: Reply Period opens - 2 April 2014: Reply Period closes + New gtld Program Committee Resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-new-gtld-05feb14-en.htm#1.b + Proposed Review Mechanism Document: http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/odr/proposed-sco-framework-principles-11feb14- en.pdf 16
GAC Advice > Category 1 Update! Category 1 Implementation Framework + NGPC accepted Advice and adopted implementation framework on 5 February 2014: http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/ resolutions-new-gtld-annex-2-05feb14-en.pdf + Safeguards consistent with the implementation framework will be added to Specification 11 of the Registry Agreement as public interest commitments for affected applications Contracting Implication + ICANN began inviting applicants once subject to Category 1 Advice to Contracting on 12 February 2014, provided that they met all other CIR invite eligibility criteria 17
GAC Advice > Category 2 Update! Current Application Statistics + 186 applications subject to Category 2 Advice - 139 eligible to proceed - 35 required to submit a change request 21 March 2014: change request(s) must be received by ICANN Applicants that have not submitted change requests are expected to provide an explanation for how the proposed TLD will serve the public interest by this date. - 12 on hold pending further consideration 11 responses received: http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/gac-advice/cat2-safeguards Responses will be provided to the NGPC and the GAC for consideration 18
Contention Sets > Statistics! Statistics! Number of Contention Sets! Number of Applications in Contention! March 2013 234 758 17 February 2014 196 646 Re-designed String Contention Set Status Page coming to Microsite + Visual representation of each contention set + Contention sets names & numbers & status + Ability to see application status of all members of the set + Target Launch in Early March 19
Contention Sets > Objection Determination Effects! Contention Sets are being updated to capture the impact of objection determinations + String Confusion Objection (SCO) when objector is a gtld applicant - If the Objector prevails: direct contention created between the two parties to the objection + String Confusion Objection when the objector is existing TLD Registry Operator - If the Objector prevails: the objected to application will not proceed + Non String Confusion Objections: - If the Objector prevails: the objected to application will not proceed 20
Community Priority Evaluation! Status! Pending CPE Eligibility Invited In Evaluation Number of Applications! 19 8 5 + Invited - ART, ART, GMBH, HOTEL, INC, LLC, LLP, RADIO + In Evaluation - IMMO, TAXI, OSAKA, TENNIS, MLS + Results - First CPE Results expected to be available by 23 March 21
Auctions! Public Comment Period + 4 February 2014: Comment Period Closed Next Steps + PC Summary & Analysis Report expected by 7 March - Updated Auction Rules & Bidder Agreement + Issuing first Intent to Auction notices expected March 2014 based on eligibility + Continued development of rules for sets with Indirect Contention + Auction session planned for ICANN 49 in Singapore + Targeting first Auction June 2014 22
Pre-Delegation Testing > Status! Upcoming PDT Schedule by Week + Current operational capacity of 20 per week Scheduled Start Date! Count! 17 Feb 2014 7 24 Feb 2014 4 3 Mar 2014 2 31 Mar 2014 1 PDT Resources + Updates published 13 February 2014 http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/pdt#resources 23
Transition to Delegation! Current Status Number of Applications 200 150 100 50 0 150 45 10 14 Pending Eligibility In Process Tokens Issued Delegated Efficiency Improvements + gtlds which signed RA s in November & December have been delegated in ~ 60 Days - Down from 75 Days 24
Qualified Launch Program (QLP)! Overview + Goal: Provide a mechanism for Registry Operators to register a limited number of names to third parties to promote their TLDs prior to the Sunrise period, while maintaining safeguards against possible infringement Public Comment Period + Qualified Launch Program for New gtld Registries http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/qlp-addendum-13feb14-en.htm - As anticipated in Rights Protection Mechanism Requirements, Section 4.5.1 + Dates Next steps - 13 February 2014: Draft addendum published for comment - 15 March 2014: Public Comment closes + If implemented, Qualified Launch Program becomes available without additional steps by registry + If not implemented, registries may continue to submit individual requests for programs not otherwise permitted by Registry Agreement 25
EBERO! Additional EBERO Provider Added + 22 January 2014: Nominet executed Master Services Agreement - Located in the UK - Third EBERO provider - joins CNNIC (China) and CORE (Germany) - Anticipated to be operational by July 2014 Next Steps + Need additional providers for geographic coverage + Request for Proposal expected to be issued by July 2014 26
Name Collision! Education and Outreach + Developed Name Collision Information kit + Launched nc-info@icann.org public mailing list to coordinate outreach efforts with community members willing to help - https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/nc-info + Outreach Status - 33 news articles published in 13 countries, covering 6 different languages - Made contact with 80+ IT industry associations across Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Latin America, North America Get Involved + Information hub: - http://www.icann.org/namecollision + Join the Name Collision Occurrence Management Framework discussion - https://lists.dns-oarc.net/mailman/listinfo/collisions + February 2014: Public Comment Period Expected - Draft Name Collision Occurrence Management Framework 27
Universal Acceptance of TLDs! Project Update + Current Status - Full-time resource assigned - Working with community to identify the role of ICANN in this effort - Session to be held at ICANN 49 in Singapore, 23-27 March 2014 http://singapore49.icann.org/ + Problem Statement - Internet user attempts to access a new gtld domain name, software won t work because of the new gtld - Problem often rooted inside well-meaning software packages + Solution Might try to prevent users from accessing malicious actors on the Internet Might try to help steer around typing errors - Developers/vendors need to fix, patch and update software 28
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